Corporate social responsibility

 Corporate social responsibility

 

Paper details:

Corporate social responsibility is increasingly discussed in business settings. Influential authors disagree as to its importance, and their views are often shaped by their perspectives on the roles of shareholders and other stakeholders in organisational contexts. Instructions:

Choose ONE of the following companies: – 3M Corporation – Pfizer – TOMS – Starbucks – Lego – Volkswagen – Monsanto Research, identify and explain your chosen company’s approach to Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability (defensive, obstructive, accommodative or proactive). Using what you know about the purpose of the firm (consideration of shareholders and stakeholders); explain whether you believe the attitude to business of your chosen company is more reflective of shareholder theory or stakeholder theory. In addition to shareholder and stakeholder theory, your essay MUST ALSO INCORPORATE ALL THREE of the following terms: Environmental sustainability Social sustainability Economic sustainability Your essay must contain citations and a reference list in APA format.

This is a research assignment, so we want you to use academic resources such as the library databases to find credible academic sources to support your argument. Your essay must use at least 5 sources (ideally more), and at least 3 of your minimum 5 sources must be from academic sources. The minimum five sources required for this assignment are IN ADDITION TO the resources we provide you in this course. The word limit for the essay is 1000 words. You can be 10% on either side of the word limit, but no more or less.